Food
Turkeys
Fun Facts
Thanksgiving History
Traditions
100

This company has a turkey talk-line to answer questions about cooking a turkey and answers more than 100,000 questions each year

Butterball

100

Only male turkeys make this familiar sound

Gobble gobble

100

Horns of plenty are also known as this

Cornucopia

100

The pilgrims at the first Thanksgiving had settled at this settlement

Plymouth, Massachusetts


100

This Christmas song was originally intended to be a Thanksgiving song (there is no mention of Christmas in the lyrics)

Jingle Bells

200

Over $42 million is spent on this canned good each year around Thanksgiving

Cranberry Sauce

200

The bit of red flesh right under a turkey's beak is called this

The wattle

200

The day after Thanksgiving is the busiest day of the year for this type of tradesmen 

Plumbers

200

The pilgrims came to the New World seeking this type of freedom

Religious

200

The first Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade was held in this city in 1924

New York City

300

This is the name for a chicken and a duck cooked inside a turkey

Turducken

300

This founding father wanted the turkey to be the official bird of the U.S., as he lamented the bald eagle had "bad moral character"

Benjamin Franklin

300

This state consumes the most turkey every Thanksgiving 

California

300

This was the most abundant type of food at the first Thanksgiving 

Seafood

300

This president proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday on October 3, 1863

Abraham Lincoln

400

This is the average number of calories consumed on Thanksgiving day (within 1,000)

4,500

400

This president formalized the turkey pardoning tradition in 1989

George H.W. Bush

400

This NFL team has played every Thanksgiving since 1934 (except during WWII)

Detroit Lions

400

This Native American friend to the settlers acted as an interpreter at the first Thanksgiving

Squanto

400

The tradition of football on Thanksgiving began in 1876 with a game between these 2 Ivy League schools

Yale and Princeton

500

This Thanksgiving side dish was cooked up by a Campbell's recipe developer as a way to sell more cream of mushroom soup

Green Bean Casserole

500

This state produces the most turkeys in the country - over 40 million every year

Minnesota

500

A snood is a specific type of this article of clothing worn by the Pilgrims

A hat
500

This first Thanksgiving took place between the pilgrims and this Native American tribe

The Wampanoag

500

The first ever Turkey Trot was hosted by this well known gym/club in New York in 1896

YMCA

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